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A high-voltage transmission corridor at sunset, with lattice towers receding in a line across flat open terrain and conductors sweeping between them.

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The second network above Al Jouf's power line

The Al Jouf 380 kV double-circuit transmission line runs about 107 kilometres across the Tabarjal area. Above its conductors runs something else: 110.21 kilometres of optical ground wire, spliced through 28 joint boxes, that lets the grid know what is happening along it.

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Projects

OperationalAl Jouf

Al Jouf 380 kV double-circuit overhead transmission line

An approximately 107-kilometre double-circuit overhead transmission line on 279 steel towers across the Tabarjal area of the Al Jouf region, delivered as an EPC package including optical ground wire, fibre-optic communications, protection and control systems, and grid integration.

Route length: 107 km
Structures: 279 towers
Contract value: SAR 201,612,900
Client: Ministry of Energy
Delivered by: Samaya Group Company Ltd.
Location: Tabarjal, Al Jouf Region
Announced: Aug 1, 2021
Completed: Sep 30, 2023

Technology

380 kV double-circuit overhead line
ACSR twin bundle conductor
Optical ground wire (OPGW)
Fibre-optic communications
Teleprotection and SCADA integration

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The second network above Al Jouf's power line

Source: Ministry of Energy letter of award, ref MOE/LOA/2021/0801, 1 August 2021

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